stealing my internet

[Bronwen]

I logged on to my computer this evening and a warning came up that my internet maybe being used by someone other than myself. I googled on how to find out if this was happening and the info I got was to go into my network settings and see if there was an unaccounted computer on the network. I found that there was my computer plus an ADSL Router. I disconnected straight away and waited for a while before reconnecting. I checked my network again and found only my computer was on the network.
How can this happen? As I know very little about the internet and computers I wondered how I could stop this happening again.
Thank you in advance

 

[Mr Kagouris]

The ADSL router was most likely your own router. Nobody else was in your network. Where exactly did you get that warning from?

If you have a wireless network you just need to protect it with a password. If it's not a wireless network there is no way for anyone to leech off your connection.

 

[keith12]

I logged on to my computer this evening and a warning came up that my internet maybe being used by someone other than myself. I googled on how to find out if this was happening and the info I got was to go into my network settings and see if there was an unaccounted computer on the network. I found that there was my computer plus an ADSL Router. I disconnected straight away and waited for a while before reconnecting. I checked my network again and found only my computer was on the network.
How can this happen? As I know very little about the internet and computers I wondered how I could stop this happening again.
Thank you in advance

its could be a bit of malware - a big warning, tell the PC owner something serious is wrong, get them to visit a site and download an app to stop it happening. Any of these things occur?

 

[Bronwen]

The ADSL router was most likely your own router. Nobody else was in your network. Where exactly did you get that warning from?

If you have a wireless network you just need to protect it with a password. If it's not a wireless network there is no way for anyone to leech off your connection.

 

[Bronwen]

thanks for that Shows you how much I know about computers and the internet. I got a notification regarding someone may be using my internet when I went on line. The connection was running very slow and a notice just appeared on the screen saying my internet is being used by someone other than myself,